Hi. My cat, Tipper will be 9 in March. About a year ago I noticed
something growing from his neck - upper chest area. I was petting him
under the chin one day and I noticed something, and I thought it was
just hair tangled up. Then it kept getting bigger, it was sort of
brown when it was still growing. Now, it is about half an inch long
and is kinda shaped like a mushroom. Whatever it is, it is now
colourless and looks dead, like it is about to fall off. Whenever I
feel around the bottom of it, where it it growing from, he gets mad
and hisses at me. Does anyone know what it is? Also, when I first
noticed it, ALL of the hair had fallen off his tail, like someone had
taken scissors and just chopped it off, but it is starting to grow
back now. Please help me if you know what this is, I don't want to
take him to the vet unless I absolutely have to. He doesn't do well
with people he is not familiar with.